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. , .THE OMAHA DAILY .tiEE : " . 'THURSDAY , DECEMBER 29. 1898. HANDING ARMY BEEF SOPPt ! ij * w t Some Oitned Beef Spited , Bat Moat of it Wu Good\foiil , \ Bajs. ' MEN OyERFttT ON .REFRIGERATED 'MEAT Ulntrlqtof Colnmbla Volunteer * : Provtilona on Firing E.er-9Wut Comjianr .Will . ' Uet A llearln * . WASHINGTON , Dec. 28. William W. Hill , assistant treasurer ot the War Investigating commission , and ho served In Company L , District of Columbia volunteers , as first ergojwVand Acting quartermaster'Sergeant , waa the only Witness before the commission todayf ! Colonel Denby , who presided , ques- tkmod-the. Witness regarding the ! mooted Question of , the canned boot furnished the volunteer * . * ; ' , ; > , - * - ' Mr. ( IU1 dlecountenanced he complaints made byy { ho men. He said the/ came from those wild w6uld complainagainst anything ! H . , e I4tthe health of bis .company was ex- " - atTnmpa.'iujd e credited ltlargey ) to * free use of' lemonade ) The canned beet flrat furnlshe'd the men' , he said , was lean , dry and hard. Jacking nutrition , though later it was considerably Improved ! He belleVdd the canned 'beet , which bo explained was canned just after being boiled , woafVper- fpftly ( ft to-'eat.,1 * though' once * In a while1 he roctlve a 'can that was spoiled and smelled badlyi ' , v Hpjue , ri pulled He'Jsnbw tt large lot' of spoiled" canned peef 'htjd , been foupd at Tarn pa 'before bis men , Called for Cuba. .His men e'eemed to like the corned beef , be said , but later be came surfeited with Jt. The . ret rlgerated fresh leef , he said had no evidence of chemical treatment and had a fresh appear ? ance. The trouble , with the refrigerated beef was that the men overfed themselves and ale , it halt cooked , , , ' j At Slboqey , Mr , Hlli said , the company , had to abandon .more than .half of its provisions. ' When 'they reached the firing- line July 11 there wai.dnly a little food "left Mb. ' their haversacks , being practically without pro visions from 'the morning ot July'11 until supper July 12. The deficiency , of food sup * piles , be contended , was solely due to lack Pk transportation , from Blboney up the ten miles 'to the front. , . - ? Questioned as to Camp Wlkoff at Montauk the -witness said bo Had never seen auch a puperbutuMnqo of everything 'even down to skull .caps. dressing gowns , plus andi need- lea. Tobacco was 'left there , ho Bald , to be strewn ' .all over -the ground , and there was a great Wste ot stuff. "Old you see enough of that refrigerated beef , " asked Dr. Connor , "to have any opin ion on. the length of time such beef would keep In Cuba by simply protecting It with a tarpaulin from tbo direct rays of .the aunty ConUrd Hufrlrdly to Present Snolllnir "No , , sir , " was the reply. "I could not tell you. Wo had no way of protecting It In such a mariner. All we had to do was to get It4 Into the jtots as soon as possible to kcep , It from polling before it got hot. " , "Is It your ojjln on , " , witness was asked , "that boot so projected would keep seventy- two hours ? " , f "InJis * w state , ? " the witness , asked , l "Yes , I mean just as It cornea from thf ship. " , f , , , . - < . , , . .VNo.islr , " , was thojeply. "I don't believe It possible. " This referred to a portion ot General Miles' testimony denouncing- beef. Summing , up , witness. , pold he. had no.com- plalots ot any sort to make and the worst J ainre | ofthen food packers. ' ' " 'turff * T1 3. " "J ' f- * ls ? ' ? bbl0 noOKjtnesKs.wllI appear to- narrow. Tbb Warj commtasjo has jrotlfled * the Swift Beef company of Chlcago blcli hod largo contacts for furnishing beet tq tthejarmj during * tJw war , teat It wlllTje § la3 tto.'glvo d. , hearing to any report ( he'corapany teay" send bn January 4 nejtt 1'"L , , , . This grows put of the testimony of Gen- t-eral Mllea regarding the .refrigerated # nd "canned j&cf turnlshed hja 'expeditions ami the telegraphic protest his statements called out from the company. The commission re gards the hearing to bo given as Important in vlow of the Issue that has been raised by Ooneral Miles' testimony and'one special point of Inquiry wl | | be regarding a complaint - plaint made of "chetnlcalitieatment" ot the product. , It Is very probable that the com mission will recall both - Commissary General eral ETngan ana General Shatter and. po's- slbly General Miles. , * INSPECTION IVWS AHE STRICT. How German OOIoInU Operate to Kill T > n < ! r | n American Fruit * . j WASHINGTON , Dec. 28. Consur General Mason writes the State department from Frankfort , on the rigorous Inspection of American dried fruits brought to Germany , despite the fact that the San Jose scale' has not , been detected In many kinds of Amer ican fruits and la entirety In oil and harm- lew in auch fruits as It InfteU. He eay the regulations have been sharp ened so as to Inclade air kinds of fruits , dried and fresh. It U conceded that tbo scale la deposited only on the outside ot fruit , so that pared fruit must be free from all < dang r. But the Gorman officials win take nothing for granted and before admit ting even dried fruit they require the open ing of 10 p r cent ot all the boxes , to how that the contents centrist of "peeled fruit. These requirements i are < no severn on'1 the UadWhftXWioblgMitemihlp fines tending at Antwerp , and Rotterdam haye refused U carry Xmerlcan dried fruits' This. la turn , haa raised , flie coV'.pt. freight oo the American fruit. It la obliged to take round about routes , reaching the Interior by rail , with Inspections at frontier stations , , The extra , freight and , , the.h ftvy , cost ot an inspection , tha latter , being about 00 cants per package , ruako a serious re striction on the American t'rade. Mr. Mason ays public opinion In Germany upholds the government in 'the restriction on American trees and cuttings , as the -pest may be eas ily carried In these articles , but ho states that It Is not so clear why there should be any restrictions on dried fruit , ItufTnlo Mnltva Good Time. WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. The cruiser Buffalo arrived today at Port. Said , en route to Manila , Just sixteen and one-half days from New York. Thus It 'has broken all naval record * up to this point In its voyage. It la needed badly at Manila , as it carries TM ent < pt ; Dewey. ' ' ' AmhaMartor Helleben CalU. * WASHINGTON , Dec. 28. Dr. von Hel- leben , the German ambassador , has lost no tme In calling on the officials at the State department presumably in conformity with his Instructions relative to reciprocity ar rangements. Yesterday he spent half an Thousands are > n i - > iUM condition. .They art despondent and gloomy , cannot "Atop , have BO appetite , no energy , nc ambition. Hood's Barsaparlllasoon brlngv , help to such people. It fives thorn purs flch blood , ours * aervousasss , creates an appetite , tones and strsngthtns the tomach amd imparts o w life and la- nsjs dTifortoaUth orsaasoi the body , Sarta- . parlllp Will ur aJlUi r ill * . lour with Secretary Day , and he haa slab talked < wlth Mr. Kanotti In charge ot rc- ( Iproclty and trade firrmngpments. The offlclals decline to Ulicusn the ambisnador'fc visit , but it la known that he brought aa- turancM at variance with om ot the news paper statement * touching the attitude of the-German government toward the United States. RESCUED FROM THE JERESA - < " / ? Qoverainentwill * Out Ml Hem l s TTTO Flngm and f40O Worth of Qrocerlei and ProvliioB * . WABHINQTON , IHc. * J . jo ] much ot value has b en obtained from Jbt wreck ot the Infanta Maria Teresa according to a re- 'portfrom United State * Consul McLaln at Nassau , N. P. , who was charged by the Stale department with the task of reclaiming such ot the property as could be saved. Ills report just received al.- 1 he ; Navy de partment shows that th marshal of the ad' ml rally court had gathered Kbt ot miscel laneous articles , euch a * pVccei , of rppes , boxes , of candles , groceries , " canned" ' goods , lant rhs , " tc. The vattiai\ \ < 'p1iic d upon them was 1400 , half of which siitn WOUId , under Ui lawr belong * to' tb' , Sftlyors , The consul reported that & ° would with hold from sale an. American flag v , and in ap proving tols reeolutlon the Nary , department cabled to also preseryo wltht1i6 American flag a British' ensign whlch"ffs" among the articles recovered. l > ' < e , , - - 9BTTXINO IM1KMMTV ilorlr LccUlatlon Will j } 8aTCe ted to Consrrei * an War Dhunsiei. ' WASHINGTON , ' De . ' 2 ? . Immediately upbo'lho ratlflcatlod Of tho'"pWe , 'tieaty by the senate the president wfll recommend to congress , the enactment 'of regulation looking , to the settlement of the claims of American cltltons for damages sustained In Cuba , Porto Rico and other 'Spanish pos- sesFlons which formed the a4 of w K These claims to the amount of $38,000,000 have already been ! lodged with the State department. It la true that an unknown proportion ot these .are claim * , ! baaed on depredations committed by .Cuban Insur gent * , for which It Is * questionable 'whether the Spanish 'government could , he" held re sponsible. On the other h'and/ 'Js be- lleved that there are many claims' for large amounts that have neb been presented owing to the inablllty'of the" claimants 'id secure tho'neceMary corroborativeetldinc * during the Spanish occupation of the draxfuated territories or because of therbsilef' that It would be'frultlesa to present.any claim so long its. Spadlsb OT relgtjty , , Wi main tained. - - , , Now , however , by an articlf fn th treaty ot Paris the United State * has assumed lia bility for -all claims preterred > by Its cltl- tens 'on account of depredations. In turn the Spanish assumed liability for any claim that might have been made on account of Spanish citizens , or the Spanish govern ment Itself , against the , United States. What * uch claims will 'have amounted td cannot be estimated. None was 'filed with the United States government prior to declaration ot war. But It la Totalled that there has been much criticism on. the part of high Spanish officials of ' the alleged failure of the United States to observe thd requirement * of neutrality laws aart-moro than one statement to the effect * that th Spanish govcrnn-eht Intended 16 - put .a claim 'for a < ro'und number of a , tnllllon on that' score , ' ' - ' ' ' rt 5 i'i , > In the conclusion In- the treatfoT tho'eUUso providing "fdr1 the mutual Assumption if debts , by both partlw/ the cttmmlsslone'rs werv simply following the Ifrie * "of tfie treaty of Gua < Jarupe1Hldalgo"whlchnerml- nated the 'war betWieh" thrf Unft'StB ; * s and Mexico"although" In" thafcase tHere wad a limitation expressed in'-Herms on'th'e Bmdunt'flt'llabtllty"tb"i ! : aVBu'mcdsty { H- , United Stated. ' . So 'fan aa its known fhe > trpaty does' hot ipclflcalry'"pw 'idd fo tUo appointment of a committee to adjust-thase claims of United States citizens , b'ur as thai ls > the usual method 'of adjudication it 'Is presumed that a commission will be created by authority of an act of congress. The latter cannot wlthhold'lts eanctlon to some auch arrangements after the ratification of the treaty because the congress Itself binds the government to the obligation. CLIMATE AND CHOPS IN CUBA. Weit Indian Storm Wnrnlnn Service to Be Mo > ed to IlnMttm. WASHINGTON , Doc , 28. Today 'Secretary Wilson directed Chief Moore of the weather bureau to move the headquarters of the West Indian storm wainlug si-vice from Kingston to , Havana , to cstnUlih com plete meteorological atattous at C'lbntut-pns uud Per ; Au Prince and as raplflly , * * ' IOB- slulo to extend the climate and'crop envies of the bureau over the Island , so that w thin aperiod ot probably less than Uo , months our peoie will be fully informed M to tl e condition ) of everything mvttorolojtlcaU In the Island and replacing .the , , conditions which during the war .were moetfy , com pletely annihilated. * - , Tbe secretary ot agriculture todty added to tbe staff ot th * West Indian wwtlior-serv ice of the department , Dr. Enrique .Del' Monte , a noted Cuban scientist , and Captain l.uls Gay Carbonell , foiraer chief of , ( bo naval meteorological eon Ice * ot the t Spanish. Antilles. Preparations are today being ' made at the thief offloe of tbe weather bu- reuu to ship within a few days the most improved , meteorological instruments and aprllauceH to tht pew.stations. . . As an Illustration of the difference be tween American , and Spanish administra tions , it may be noted , that the cost , ot ta.e entire United States weather.septic * . In the West Indies , Including observatories on tbe-north coast of South Atn rlcai < wlliprob- | ' obly be much'less than what wsjs Ixtfeudej' by Spain In malntalnlng'an Inefficient uud almrst Usele.ia meteorological service over . . , . , chief signaloffleer'oj. . th * rmywh6 Is cx- 'kendlng ' the governmenfleleiraph over 'tho ' island ot Cuba , hffs courteouslyHenJc n-i to Chief Moore the 'assistance of the -subordi nated. In the matter of collecting report erIn In the transmission of meterologtcal infer mation. UHBBNB MAKK8 - , LAST nEPORT. Capable Officer PluUhea II ! Service and Bntern iPrUat * Life. WASHINGTON , 'Dec.28. Major General ( Francis * T.-Groene arrlved ltt Washlngfon this morning from New York and.'reported at n6e aUthe War departroent'to Sroretary , Algfr. - He "came to resign his commission , as an officer , of the volunteer army , , pre- 'pawtory to hlsrtturn , tb prlvat * Jilfe. O ural - ral GrMne has b n ot exoet tlpnal service to 'ths''govtrnment la * th * Isitt > rarr bolDg 'One of the flrat officer * of rank'to-take part in the campaign In tbe Philippines add th'en doing most effectivework InHavana after the death of Colonel Waring , in reforming tbe sanitary conditions 'Jher an A s.astsMng the Unlt d States Evacuation comrais'llon , ln effecting the -ehange ol. property In terests. It Is wlthri riBt tbatJbe'War de- ' ' ' ' " - - - 'partment accepts bis Admiral SatapioM III. WASHINGTON , Dec. 28 , Admiral Sampson - son 1 * Btlll conflMd to bis room at his bMel by an attack of grip , probibly caused by the sudden climatic change * from Cuba to the north. The attack Is not severe , however , and It k believed that he will be able to call upon Secretary Long , who ha * Just returned from Boton , tomorrow , or next day. Forbid * Landtag of Kxploilve * . WASHINGTON , Dec. 28. Consul General Ooodnotf has Informed 'the' State department troin Shanghai that the ChlneM g oyernnj i ha * forbidden 'dynamM * and llk't ploil.ys > to be landed in China. ' ' LAST HONORS FllR MIIRRILI , Dead Banator Will BeoelTa Solemn Bites Of tha Senate , INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN VERMONT Fafnllr Receiver the' Condolences of the Nation and ConcreSi' Will Ac cord tnnionl Dignity to the % < Final CereBtony. " WASHINGTON , 'Dec. 28. Arrangements for tbs funeral of the late Senator Merrill of Vermont , who died early this morning , Were completed today. ' The funeral cere mony will be held In the 'senate chamber on , Saturday at 12 o'clock noon. Until then ttic.boOy will remain at the family residence on Massachusetts avenue and will be , borne to tbo caplloj early Saturday mornlpg . The services. In ( be senate will be conducted , by Rev. E. Bradford Leavlit ot All Souls' 'Uni tarian church , , where SenatorM.orrUl.jrasan ( Attendant for . .a number of years , .assisted by tcv. Dr. MUbutn , the blind chaplain ot th senate. The. body will be taken to tbe family home at Stratford , VL , for".burial besldeitbat of Mrs. . Morrill. aithoughnit will probably be entombed.here for a tlme untlt the family mausoleumnow under construction , Is com pleted. . . . .i , j , . . j _ . .At the. family.residence of the dead senator there were many- evidences of affectionate regard during the day , Senators and repre sentatives who bad served alongside tbe Venerable efatesman.for . years called'to pay their tribute-ot respect. Mr. Proctor , the colleague of Mr. Merrill for the last-five years , spent the morning at the house/ / aiding in the last offices to the deceased. During the morning-Dr. Swano , the brother-in-law , and Miss Swannsisterinlaw of tbe 'sen ator and for florae time a member otthe household , arrived from Boston. Beside * the personal callers ; many messages ot condo lence came by telegraph. " Tbe telegtams rep resented all sections , coming from California , Connecticut , Philadelphia , the south and west and all parts ot New England. Lance Honorary CoinmitteVa1. Sergeant-at-Arms Bright of the senate was at the house early In the day and took charge ot the funeral arrangements. Owing to the absence from the ctty of Vice Presi dent Hobart and * Speaker Reed , who to gether name the1 honorary committees from the renpe'cllvc houses , tbere was , some delay In designating these committees. The vice president' and speaker were communicated with by telegraph and the committee * 'will be announced later. , Eleven senators and fifteenRepresentatives probably will , be named , a number in excess of that usually designated , owing to the lifelong "public service of Senator Merrill and the'desire to have , many-old associates represented 'In the.last..testimony of respect. It ,18 ex pected also' that Mr.'Hobart and * Speaker Eeed will return for the service It their en gagements will permit. The ceremony in tfie senate chamber wilt be marked by those characteristics of solemn dignity usual on auch occoalonH.1 The casket will be first borne to the. marble room and , then , Immediately before the corejnquy , thq .actlyo .pallbearers will bear- it to the senate chamber , where , . It .wjjl rejst , lmmedl tplyjnrfp , > n of theprelldlug' ' * oQcer',8 deskv. jhe , * ta . inthe froat-.plrolA' . .ot the chamber will be reserved- the' , 1 president and members of the1 cabinet. ' l < pack p ( them , on either elde/-the , honotnry i oomcnjtteesfrojn tbe > two houses , wearing' largo crape bands about the armwill1 be seated. Back of them will ba the members - | bers of the senaM and of .the bouse. The ( View P Ml4enti , H baU J4eregraph d he would bp U re to aUend ithe funer'al.n.Thie' committee of. senators named by the * vice president to accompany -the remalna to Ver mont consists of Messra. 'Proctor , Allison , Cockrell , Hoar , Morgan , Gorman , Cullpm , ' Veot. . P.Jones , Turple , AldrlchlaGray , Chandrer ; Faulkner , Fairbanks , Wolcqtt-i , ' The house 'committee announced by , Speaker Reed is as follows : Representatives Grput , Powers , Hltt , Dln ley , McCall , Grow , Bankhead'Catchlngs , Richardson , Fossand * Joseph Wheeler. The special train which1 will bear the remains to Vermont will con sist of three cars. From Jersey City the train will go north o > er the New York , N w Haven & Hartford railway to Mont-j pollcr , where an honorary escort win meet ! It. The remains . wilt bo taken to ; the .cemetery there and placed In a vault' pending .removal to the mausoleum , now under construction 'at Stratford , Vt. , the de- . ceased's 'final resting place. A number ot other senators and representatives besides the regularly appointed committees expect to go on the funeral train. PIIOBABLB SUCCESSOR OF MOIlItUjL. ' fenntor AllUon Stand * Next to Hint , on Finance Committee. - , WASHINGTON , Dec. 28. There Is , much speculationas to what senator will' succeed Senator Morrllt on the finance committee. , The committee Is generally regarded in some respects the most Important in the senate. It Is certainly so at times when financial or tariff legislation is under con I alderatton , but It has not heretofore been ot the continuing Importance of the committee on appropriation * ) . . ; , . . Senator Allison , who JH now chairman the .appropriations , , committee , baa , since Senator Sherman's retirement , stood next to Senator Merrill on , the. finance ' committee and by the unwritten rules of the senate he would succeed to' the chairmanship If he- should desire to do so , and the best' bplnlon1 obtainable ils that he-will so decide. In order to take this'place-ho would have to surrender his place a4 chairman of'tho : committee on appropriation * , but in View ot the probable changes in 'the senate'com. . mltteos he would not relinquish such an Im portant place as bo would under other cir cumstances , . , 4 r . Senator Allison decline * to discussthe .probabilities . , saying thathe has not. had time ta > glve attention to the matter. It be accepts thl * chairmanship. Senator Haa ( will succeed htm aa chairman of the .com mittee on appropriations , and he will ih * turn be succeeded by Senator Perkins aa chairman ot the naval committee. ' It Senator Allison ' hould < decline the ohalrmanshlp of the finance committee that place would then fall to Senator Aldrlch , who would In turn be succeeded as chair man ot tbe committee on rule * by Senator Spooner. There appears to be very .little , doubt that the rule * of tbe aenate will be changed very soon after.the reassembling of the senate so as to take the majority of the appropriation bills from the committee on appropriations and distribute thorn among the other committees. Members of the' ap propriations commutes themselves express the opinion that this change will be mad * . If It is made it will to an extent diminish the Importance of the appropriation * com mittee and the probability ot the change Is likely to have no little Influence In deter mining Senator Allison's disposition toward changing committees. Senator Chandler will succeed to Senator Merrill's deslt In the senate. It 1 * In the front , row and the position is quite adva.n- tageous. ! CHICAQO , Dec , J8- * Washington special to ( he PocUsays : Vsrmoqters In Waihlng- ton think th new senator from thatstate will De Dr. H. Sewsrd Webb , rrerutwr by marriage of the VanderblU' family1. Dr. Webb became a resident orVerpont sever * , ! years ago , bulll hltn f a.spfendld nia'b'loa and take * great Interest In. politics , } { wu originally a St. Louis physician. Of I la ( < Hyea.rs , be faas been actively and proml- Mully. identified . .with the management of Iho yait.yunderbill Intornts , nls special assignment being to look after the Wagner Pakc'd Car company. With Dr. Webb and Dr. Chauhcey M. Depow In the senate of tho. United. BUrte * tbe VanderbllU will bo well represented in tbe upper walks of na tional politics. ' ir HAS CHOICE OF THRETROUTES IteporV ' on NlcsYrVcna Canal Project Make * Apparent realbllltr of jH er Work. WASHINGTON.Dec. ! 28. Copies ot the preliminary report of the Nicaragua Canal cbmmlislon , of which Admiral Walker Is chairman , have been furnished to Senator Morgan and others Interested In the bill now pending in congress on that subject. The committee has not fully worked out the de tails of construction in the proposed canal b\ll \ , but limply presents briefly the views of the commissioners As to the feasibility of the 'wbrk"alid the maximum cost at which It U believed the waterway can bo con- tnnt } rf ; ' " " * Three.routes tte spoken of , vli. : The old low WveJ..tHe. jld high leVel , ' or Menocal route , and < & Itftermedla'te route , and all of these , Senator ttorgah sayr the commission con'slderir fe'aalblo bf 'construction. For the pufpost ! t arriving "at1 " an'estimate of the probable maximum'cost the commission sub mitted figures on the low level route which the jpena pr "ijiyi 1tov"onsldered , the longest And fn6 l.e.xp nslVe. . .for t is route Admiral > Valk r eatlmaiW ihecost would be $124- OOP PP , Prof. Haiipt | j23pOO,000 , while Gen eral. Halnef'ajided ! | 0 per cent to these figures because ift varloua , q'andltlons , cnlerty th.ei jju'estlOBfiot/the'cost.of labor , which It was lmp'gstslble/he.rt"aughl [ , to figure , on with absolute deTlnlE ness. , The report , says the senator , , shows , conclusively that the project is anentirelyfeasible one and that In Us constj-uc jpq , the. " government has the cholera ! , apy ot ljrfp routes. It shows further , , Senator , Morgan stated , the abso lute accuracy of lhesurvey made by Engi neer Menocal some year * ago. The senator believes.however , 'that all these figures are too.high and expresses the opinion that $100,000,000 will cover the entlre.cost of con struction. ' . fi- ) CONSENT AVITHHELD. v ) ( r ' . ( Gnarnnteelnir Cuban Sol dier * ' I'ay Not In Fa * or. 'iec28 : , Negotiations are In tfle matter ot tbe payment ot Ciiban' troops'so tbat on laying down their arm * , they may be' enabled to enter upon civil pursUHs and earn' ' their llvlngj Probably no-further .appropriation by con | gre s will be necessary to enable the presi dent , to carry out the- plan if U should be decided , a * t it L-probably will , to advance money , charging- against tbe revenue ot Cuba , .to pay Ah * Cubans part ot the money due'them for .their service in the Cuban drniy4ThlAdebt is not an obligation restIng - Ing ripon.thevUnltedStates , , but is one for which , the , Cuban i government will be obligated on Ua. < est blishment on an inde pendent basis/ Pending the establishment of a permanent'sbver'nment there is nobody responsible for the" payment of these sol- dlert and Unless tnls government guaran tees the monkey as1 A'-loan * they will have to Lgd'for'an ' lntleBntte.-r > erU > a without pay for riervke * already rendered1 In the war for ItiJepeiidenctf : ' - The * p\telal \ deficiency appropriation propriationblllH > ilIe * < Jan itemvbf J3.000.000 1 fnfidv which the govern- Use'Mn-ahV fwrpose , and the Idea Is to advance the money for the- payment , , - , _ , . . - = i OFFICE. , 1'WAsUHNOJW , 5 .Qeo-.rJl&.vnie following suggestion to&wperal ontion.'nt'tha poet- offices In all large cltle * . wfl&iglven out at the Postofflce. department- today : "U Is 'now the pr'aktlcelat the" larger post- offic'eA' to close the , money order business ab"outx 5 o'clock In ho 'evening.The de- partm&n realizes "that many persons , * par- ttc'uIaVly'thoso'who b" time Is fully occupied during the day , are thus prevented from ob taining money ordere , and It has sought for some time past to 'remedy this Inconven- letioe. "A plan recently adopted at St. Louis has proyen so , successful that U will be gen erally : introduced by Assistant Postmaster General Heath , who > ha * suggested that in asmuch < aa a/clerk is on duty at the * tamp window. , of the larger offices. during eJl or a part of every night , he may l sue money orders when -application 'Is made therefor. Atr present no arrangement la provided for the payment of , ordere , but if t ls measure meets with tbe approval of the public doubtless a complete system of issue and payment will be provided for in the near future. " NO CHANGE IN MUSTER OUT PLANS. i _ _ _ _ Threatening o'ntlook In Philippine * Will i Not Hrevent Relenie. WASHINGTON . 28. It is said at tbe War department that no change In plan * as to the mustering out of troops .will be made aa to the result ot the threatening out look In the 'Philippines. ' ' JThe secretary of War has made some progress Vn designating the volunteer regi- 'monts tobe , mustered out , but no announce ment will be made until the list Is com pleted. U it believed , however , that tne Hat 'v , 111 Include the Thirty-first Michigan , now at Kndxvitle' ; the Second Tennessee1 , at Columbus , Ga : ; * the Third Tennessee , at AnnUton ; the Third North Carolina , colored , atiMacon , { , the. Sixth Virginia , colored , at Macpn , and the First Weat Virginia , at Co lumbus , GaT" These- regiments would constitute a good part bfj.the volunteers to be mustered out , " for the" entire number will not run very high , owing to the purpose to first muster out the tolunteercat Manila and reduce the regularsudtwn totthe number contemplated iby law-wherr the war closed. SHOUT ON BEET SUGAR. ' tl' * W t - ' ' Market Will Ba atronver Here with , , , . . , , _ .Upward Price * . vWASHINQTONj Dec. 28. A defloit In the German. beet. ugar crop of at least 850,000 tons I * figured on by United States Consul Delderlch * tff Magdeberg. He says that tbe backward Reason resulted In small , deficient beet * . A number of manufacturers have sold fulfyoae-hair of their last year's prod uct at > Terr tow prices before they realized that there .would be a shortage In material and the end of November found a number ot .factories closed on account of the diffi culty In getting that material. All the old stocks , of migar in Europe having run tow , lha market has been * tronger for some time , with upward price * . The estimate ot tbe b et. * ugar crop for the world , accepted In Germany a * accurate , Js 4.755.ES5 tons , Ger many leading with 1,847,018 tons and Is being set down , a * producing 300,000 tons , against 2,537,571 tons in the previous season. , Romero Operated Upon. WASHINGTON , Dec. 28. Ambassador Rortero 'ofuMexIco this afternoon was oper ated upon for Appendicitis. Dr. Taber John- SoaTVhc/'suptrvlsed tbe operation , says the patient JB.dplng.M el ] | as oan.be expected. Ht lf Mil , however , In a very critical con- f Uloao > t * Cola l Porter ! Retired. mNQTON , Dec. 28. Lieutenant CharlM Porter , Twenty-second Uta S Je , Infapjry' , has b en fpund ln- cp c4Utjwl , for further service by > re- tlrlflf board and placed on tbe retired list HINTS O'N TARING A CENSUS' ' American Economic Association Points Oat PresentTanlts , MANY NOTED PUBLICISTS IN THE DEBATE Committee on Scope and Method of the Twelfth Ceniu * Report * , Show- in * ; Nuinerbn * Defect * Which Should He Remedied , NEW HAVEN , Conn. , Dec. 28. The re port ot the committee on the scope and method of the twelfth census occupied the attention ot the American Economic asso ciation at Us first session ot tbe day. The committee consisted of Prof. Richmond Mayo-Smith , Walter F. Wllcox , Hon. Car roll D. Wright , Prof. Roland P. Falkner and Davis A. Dewey. The report embodied a largo number ot extracts from papers sub mitted'to the committee In response to ques tion's ' sent out to leading economists. The papers were upon specific topics and con tained "a vast amount of valuable sugges tions and Information as to advanced statis tical methods. In Its own report the com mittee says of tbe suggestions offered : There Is criticism not so much ot the ac curacy of the census returns as of the treat ment of the data ( on the eleventh census re ports ) and of a lack of continuity from cen sus to census. Both defects we believe to b * largely due to the Insufficient time allowed by law for repairing plans and schedules. The work ot the census Is seriously im peded by the number of the investigations ordered and their variety , and consequently fundamental Inquiries cannot receive ade quate attention. A number of subordinate Inquiries might advantageously be trans ferred to established bureaus dr departments which are equipped with expert agents and some of which now publish several volumea of kindred statements. Weakneiivi Enumerated. - The report points , out , defects and weak nesses , and In effect Is as follows : . 1 , The leek ot comparability In the data from census to census. ' Occupations are grouped under different h ads , making It Im possible to trace growth or decline In certain branches ot industry. 2. The lack of co-ordination. The in quiries should be more closely associated In method of presentation with one another so that more ot the facts available In on * might be available in others , as for instance the number of Dereons employed , tbe capital In vested , the wages paid , etc. - 3. ( a ) Faults of method. Certain Investi gations relating to matters of greatest In terest fall to give results because tbe basts of Inquiry Is at fault. In this class belong all attempts to secure tbe annual rats for crime , births , and death * by direct enumera tion at a Klven time without recourse to registration or other continuous records , ( b ) Questions which cannot be answered , such as degree of Intermixture of white and negro blood , ( c ) Th tabulations are In om cases omitted or are defective or are over-tabulated. ( d ) There are certain faults of 'classification which are found In both schedules and tabulations as statis tics of occupation , especially distribution of laborers not specified , statistics of taxation and wealth , municipal receipts , etc. A spirited discussion followed upon the report of the committee , many distinguished economists and publicists taking part. Discussion . was also ad'Qmore 'pa"Icu- larly , on the question , "la It Possible to Get Statistics of Capital and Industry ? " led by Hon. S. N. D..North/Hon. Horace Wadlln and Prof. H. C. Adams , and on "What May and Should the Statistics ot Municipal Finance Be Made to Show , " led by Profs. H. B. 'Gardner and L. ' 8. Rowe and Dr. Maltby. Subsequently the convention listened to .papers on phases , of. American economic history , dealing with aspects , ot the r United ' ' ' ' ' ' to 1W,1'4n'a'price''movements In the conJ - J federate-Mates flurtng the-civil war. < r' " < COMING MEETINGS OF VVOMEN Out Plan * ( or Third Trlen- ' n ( r"OntherlnB Iowa Women i \Vlll Speak Abroad. 1 WASHINGTON , Dec. 28. Mrs. ' May Wright Sewall of Indianapolis , president of the Nation * Council of Women , IB in Wash ington maslng arrangements for the third triennial meeting of the council , to be held here In February. The seas Ion will last for a fortnight. Mrs. Sewall said today : "Tho work of tbo council is well mapped out in its' standing committees and we have just added two new committees on domestic re lations under tbe law and on the care of dependent and defective children. On tbe former committee is every woman who Is a star in the legal'profession. These women will codify all existing state laws relating to marriage , divorce and the domestic rela tions generally and bring to the surface their inconsistencies through the national council to have some general and adequate legislation on the subject. This congress , wlll be most important because it just pre cedes that of our qulennlal International council to be hald'ln London in June. These national councils of women in Great Britain , the United States , Germany , Canada , Sweden , Italy , Greece and Holland will be represented , and national councils are be ing formed now in France , Finland , Den mark and Switzerland. " At the London comentlon , Mrs , Sewall , who Is Its vice president , will speak on or ganization as a factor of development In modern life. Rev. Anna Shaw on "Women as Lecturers , " Mrs. Purdy Peck of Iowa on "Social Education of Women , " Mrs. Mar garet Kaneon , "Industrial and Silk Cul ture in the United States , " and Miss Oc- tavls William * Bates of Detroit , Mich. , on "Women In Legal Profession. " PLACE TO nUCUI'EHATB SOLDIERS. Sarjreon' General Recommends Saul. ' tnrlnra at Nairaaakl , Japan. WASHINGTON-Dec. J8. The secretary of war has received a recommendation from Surgeon General Sternberg for the estab lishment of an army sanitarium at Nagasaki , Japan , for tbe uie of the United States troops at Manila. The recommendation has not been approved , but It is looked upon with much favor owing to.the desirability of having such a sanitarium well away from tbe Philippines and from any possible epi demics which may arise thore. It would require tbe consent of the Japanese gov ernment , but little doubt exists that this would b given. The climate In this Japa nese locality is very salubrious and bracing and it is in every way better than that about Manila , particularly for tbe sick and convalescing. TO CURB A COLD fX ONE DAY Take Laxative Dromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund tbe money If It falls to cure. 25o. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet THREAD COMPANIES COMBINE Big Concerns ) Pnt Tbelr Product OH tbe Market Through Joint Belling Airenoy. NEW YORK , Dec. 28. Three great thread manufacturing companies , hlch practically ! control the business of tbe country , are about to combine. These concerns are George A. Clark & Bro. , Newark , N. J. ; tbe Cark | Mile-End Spool Cotton company , with factory In Newark , and the Coates Thread company , with factory at Pawtucket , R. I , In a circular to the trade these three firms announce , that after January \ their sepaI I rats selling offices ; In New York will be | abandoned and their business will be bandied by the Spool Cotton company at 34i Broad way. The latter cc/mpanyhM Just , be n. In corporated under tbe laws of New Jersey. All of these concerns were originally and hive- still Kngltsh connttloiui , but Ibtlr American bunlnen , It Js Md , Is l rt < jr than that In tbe parent country , Thtlr fsctorl * * here were established to avoid th * b * v/ tariff on their product. It Is stated that tbe American factorlf * will run Independently and tbe esuMUblnif ot selling agencies does not Imply that a trust has been established. The Clark Mile-End Spool Cotton com pany has a capitalisation of $27,000,000. Th * capitalization of ibd others Is not known , but Is known to be much larger than this. ROBERTS DEFENDS POLYGAMY Utah ConKrm nian Anavrera Those Who Would Unseat Him Because ol HU Hellcloa. NEW YORK , Dec. 28. A Salt Lake spe cial to the Evening World airs : Congreil- man-clect B. H. Roberts today made the following statement to tbe Evening World correspondent : "If a time comes when It is necessary to defend mys lf I shall be there , right on the spot , and I appreciate that ' the members of congress and the American people are more liberal , broadminded - minded and generous than a few bigoted. and , contracted preachers of the Presby terian church , whose training , mode of life and trend , of thought tend to unfit them for practical' life , "Joseph Smith received a commandment from the Lord to Introduce our order of marriage Into tbo church and on tbe strength ot that revelation and not by rea son ot anything that Is written In the Jewish scriptures the Latter Day SafnU practice plural /marriage. Polygamy Is not adultery , for , were It so considered , then Abraham ' , Jacob and the prohots who prac ticed It'would not be allowed a herltance In the kingdom of heaven and if polygamy Is not adultery then It cannot be classed as a sin at all. It appears to me that modern , Christians must either learn to tolerate polygamy or give up forever the glorious hope of resting In Abraham's bosom. That which God approved , and 00 strikingly approves , must be not only not bad , but positively good , pure and holy. "Notwithstanding this , however , the hand of the Gentiles waa Mid so heavy upon the people ot tbo Lord that In his mercy , God i permitted them to ccaae therefrom from ex pediency and true to the pledges given to the church no polygamous marriages have since been celebrated by the church. But not oven 'the church can take away from a man the wlvrff it haa already given him. They are his for time and for eternity , and I think he great broad-minded and just American people will not require a man to cast off the wives he has , with whom he has lived nor to abandon his chlMren. " At the most , Mr. Roberts eays hla offense ( s unlawful cohabitation , and be remarked : "I am here and the courts are open. If any want to test the case tha way Is clear. " It has been urged by eome that Roberts , owing to the operation of the Edmunds-Tucker act , which' disfranchised all polygamlst , Is legally barred from taking his seat in con gress. In regard to this Mr. Roberts says he hss had tbe best legal advice obtainable which convinces htm that there are no legal obstacles In tbe way of his taking his seat. OPENS A BOTTLE OF POISON Curlonsi Clinlii of Eiento Connected With I poth of Ncvr York Woman Similar to Botkln Cone. YORK. Dec. 28. Mrs. Kate J. Adams , a well-to-do woman , was poisoned today | n her handsomely furnished apart ments on Eighty-sixth street. Her death ) Is.conneqtcd with a curious chain of events. ' Mrs. Adams was a widow , 60 years old. ' 9he 'llveiT wUh her 'Son-lh-laW. fedjfard Roger'an-IOsuraa'ce ' agent. 'Harry. Cornish , a well known athlete and physical director ot the Knickerbocker Athletic club boards , with Hogers. Mrs. Adams awoke this morn ing with , a severe headache. Her daughter , Mrs. 'Rogers , advised her to take some brouio seltzer. She got snie In Mr. Cornish's room and ga\e to her mother a fair elzed doso. In a few seconds Mrs. Adams was In greatpain and evidently suf fering from tbo effects of a strong poison. Dr. Hitchcock was called In and tried to counteract the effects ot the poison , which hu declared to bo pyanlde of potassium. Mr. Coinlsh and Dr. Hitchcock both tasted the poisonous stud and in a few minutes both were prostrated by the effects of the small quantity of the stuff. Dr. Potter was called In Ho revived tbe two men , but Mrs. Adams died. died.Mr. Mr. Cornish states that on Christmas eay ho received a neat package addressed to himself containing a sterling silver medl- 'clno bottle holder in a Tiffany box and In the holder was a bottle marked "Dromo Seltzer. " The package was anonymously sent , but Cornish * says' he thought nothing of this , as ho frequently gets presents In this way. H was this bottle that Mrs. Rogers got for her mother and out ot which Mrs. Adams drank with fatal effect' ENDEAVORERSALL MAY HELP _ ApproacUlnsr Venra Afford * Great ' Opyortunl.tle for Effort tor , Universal Peace. B03T6N'DeoJ8. Th'e United Society of Christian Endeavor has received the follow ing message in . .regard to universal peace from Wjlllam Tv Stead , London , for the Christian En'deavorers of the world : The year 1699" brings with it a great op portunity. In tbe laat nine years Christian Governments have spent on firmaments for war a sum far1 exceeding $5,000,000,000. To abate 'this gigantic waste of the resources of.clvllUatlon the Russian emperor has sum moned all governments to a conference. That conference .will i fell unless vigorously sup ported by demonstrations ot enthusiastic ap proval all around tbe ivorld. I appeal to tbe Christian Bnd avorera to do their pnrt In evoking that enthusiasm and in giving It practical shapp. Now is the time to act. Let each society be converted , into a local peace conference. Otherwise ibo responsibility for the failure of this great opportunity may rest upon 'your hands. ANUTHEB UAITLfc KING FAILS Trro Hundred Tnodiausl Dollar * ' Worth of UnsatUMed Paper Aaratnit Walter M. Clark. KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Deo. 28. A special to tbe Star from Milan , Mo. , says much ex citement prevails In that city over tbe failure pi Walter M.Clark , the Sullivan county jcattle king. Although bis failure had been expected for nearly nine years , tbo crisis haa been a shock to the whole county. Tbe record * ot the county show over $83- 000 unsatisfiedmortgages on cattle alone , while deeds of trust on his big farm and in dividual indebtedness will swell the total to over 200,000. Of the JS3.000 halt ot tbe paper Is held by the Chicago Live Stock Commission company ; tbe balance by tbe J. C. Bohard Commission company of St. Joseph , Mo , M. A. Burwell of Kansas City , tbe First National bank ot this city and Moorehead St. Sandlfur of this county. Cknrccii Avulnct Uurrlnteri. CLEVELAND , O. . Deo. 28. Charges against Judge if , E. Dolleotmugh and Senator Vernon H. Burke w rs fll 4 in tb circuit court this afternoon br ins committee ( the Bar association appointed to formulate and prosecute the complaint. Char * * * with ChlU Harder , PORTSMOUTH , O. , Dec. 21. Two weeks ago two human bodies were f und under aa old stump in * hollow near this city. Tht remains were those of children , and tht matter was kept secret. The coronsr was In- t n'l ! ' / < i"r fwn'l v rdlet , ebsrglnt Ml IU'b l OlMin , elfl of JO , llh th wilful mufl4f nt lir t ln children , Mia that Ur molliir nd sl ' . r , lUrab , aidd and Mi tl < < ! In lh aim * Tfc Gleans tte promt- nont farmer * Th t r wnrotn * ii : r , * ar- fmld t MJf * . Th rnurfl'/rl cbllartn wer nl/wlt l * taoBths old. at Wa hln clna Hall. Th n mWs of th Outre M'r Danclns club and a hof. of th lr friends mM. l st vitilne In Washlogtnn h H I" pwtlelpate In tbo pltMUfM ut a dancing party given by th club , It ws one of the n ny Ple ur- slilfi Mla ! affairs for whleb th * club U nol < l. Tb iru'-nts c ta early and ( tared late , and from th llrw the orchwlra Played for t j Initial rlanc un'-ll after tb * la t ot thn rtr that were a/lded ta the procram by < feqiu- there waa BO la < k of enjoyment. Namu nti ailment that cam not bo cured Iti 24 houri at the ntw llyglduc Institute , If you can. * You Can Not blame but yourself If j-on nr0 ill. The lean nml the fat nre both mad * plump. Aclios and pains there are no more. The process Is electrical and very simple , when we knpw how. Ladles only arc admitted. En trance 220 Bee Building , Omaha. Theitfi 1931 Omaha' * Society Vaiiilrvflle Theater. Still Leading the-Van. A show , the acme of excellence. M TUUEE SIMTK118 MACAKTE , Marvelous Exponents of Hqulposo , B CAri'ILIANM 5 . in "A Game of Wits " TO PACK A HTEKltK , Celebrated Knockabout Comedians1. IIAHHV ALI.IHTKH , The Man with 100 Pages. THU GLBAKONS , Refined Singing and Dancing Specialty. OIIUWAY AND HAND , Comedy Trick Bicycle Acrobats. , The W ll Khtfwh MltisVPiT. r'"i'li "llAnTKLL AMJ MOJintJI. VOOT Renned Novelty Musical Artists. - - Prices 'never changing. Evonlngs lie. B-rved seats. 25c and 50c ; gallery , lOc. Mat. ince. any seat , 25c : children lOc. . J'AXTON&nunaKfls. MRiingerB Tel. 1919 Closing performance of the ucce - , fal enKOBfuient uf . HAitnr roitHON n/uiKig / ' In BroadhUrst's Hllarioun IS-Kiuat Comedy Without a Flaw , "What Happened to Jones" Evening Prices Lower floor , 75c and $1 } bal ony , 35c and MkM itlnces Lower floor. 35c and GOci balcony , 2Gc. BOYD'S THEATRE TWO NIGHTB ONE SIATINEE , DEC. : tO-tl. : FRANK DANIELS In His Two Great Comic Opera Hits , Friday Night and Saturday Matinee < TUB IDOL'S EYE : . . . . . . Saturday Night Only TUB WIKAIID OF THE NILE. Night Priced-Lower floor , II and tl B8j balcony , . Wo and 76c. Matlneed Lower floor , 7Gc and 11 ; balcony 60c. News Boys * Third Annual Ball * < < f : . , Banquet. Jan. / , 1899. Cake Walk at if p. Come and get your money's worth HOTELS. THE MILLARD 13th and Dougiun Bts. , OtusUii. AMtSIUCAN AND EUUOPEAK PL A If CBNTltALLY LOCATED. 1 4. E. MAHKHL * * OK. THE NEW MERCER th and Howard Bts , Omaha. European Plai . fl.O * American Plan . , . . . . | 2.0t Vou will nnd your friends reglsUred here. F. J. COATES , Proprietor. VVM AKDUKWB. Chief Clerk. LUOAL NOTICE , , STOCKHOLDER NOTICE. Notice Is heriby given that 'h annual meeting cf the stockholders of the Omaha Oiid Company will be held at theefnee of Ihe , lompany. Merchants , National Dank nulldlnR at 10 a. in. Monday , January 2nd , Jf9 ! ' , for lha election of directors for th * ensuing y ar. Omaha December 19. IKfig. FUANK MURPHY , President. OEOnOB W , CLABAUGM/flecrelam 0. 11-d-ia.t !